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title: יְחִיאֵל — Jehiel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְחִיאֵל (3171), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: Jehiel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְחִיאֵל

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«יְחִיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehiel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 3171 · **BDB:** יְחִיאֵל

### Glosses

Jehiel (11); of.Jehiel (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehiel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3171/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3171/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (may Ēl live; Ph. יחואלן, יחומלך v. Eut ZMG 1876, 136)—𝔊 usually Ιειηλ, Ιαιηλ;— one of David’s chief musicians 1 Ch 15:18 (𝔊 Ιειηλ, 𝔊L Ιαιηλ), v 20 (𝔊 Ειθηλ, 𝔊L Ιειηλ), 16:5 (𝔊 Ειειηλ, 𝔊L Ιαιηλ). one of David’s chiefs of the Levites 1 Ch 23:8 (𝔊 Ι(ει)ηλ), 29:8 (𝔊 Βεσιηλ, A 𝔊L Ιειηλ). tutor of David’s sons 1 Ch 27:32 (𝔊 Ιε(ρι)ηλ, 𝔊L Ιωηλ). son of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 21:2. יְחִו֯אֵל Hemanite of Hezekiah’s reign 2 Ch 29:14. overseer in Hezekiah’s reign 2 Ch 31:13. ruler of the temple in Josiah’s reign 2 Ch 35:8. contemporaries of Ezra, Ezr 8:9 (𝔊 Ιεμα, A Ιεειηλ, 𝔊L Ιειηλ), 10:2, 21, 6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְחִיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3171/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 23:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.23.8/)

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בְּנֵ֣י לַעְדָּ֗ן הָרֹ֧אשׁ יְחִיאֵ֛ל וְזֵתָ֥ם וְיוֹאֵ֖ל שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Ladan \[were\].the chief Jehiel and Zetham and Joel three

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

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[Ezra 10:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.21/)

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וּמִבְּנֵ֖י חָרִ֑ם מַעֲשֵׂיָ֤ה וְאֵֽלִיָּה֙ וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה וִיחִיאֵ֖ל וְעֻזִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and of the.sons of.Harim Maaseiah and Elijah and Shemaiah and Jehiel and Uzziah

*JPS 1917:* And of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

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